Organisers from more than 200 junior leagues affiliated to the county association are attending special Criminal Records Bureau checking sessions this week.
If their checks - which are done through the Football Association's CRB Unit - are clean they will be issued with the ID cards.
The Football Association has been investigating setting up a similar scheme across England.
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